Where does “accresce” come from?
accresce (English) comes from Latin accrēscere, from Latin crēscere, from Proto-Italic krēskō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
accresce (English): To accrue; To increase; to grow
Definitions
- To accrue; To increase; to grow
Ancestry of “accresce”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | accrēscere | — |
| 2 | Latin | crēscere | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | krēskō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |